Description
The xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.
Published: 2018-04-08
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1524-1 libxml2 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2369-1 libxml2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0189 The xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-882p-jqgm-f45g Uncontrolled resource consumption in nokogiri
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3739-1 libxml2 vulnerabilities
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Xmlsoft Libxml2
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:13:49.300Z

Reserved: 2018-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-18258

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-08T17:29:00.237

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:19:42.270

Link: CVE-2017-18258

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-09-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-18258 - Bugzilla

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